The effects of R&D intensity and tax incentives on firms' growth

R&D expenditures made by companies, and governmental policies oriented for the promotion of these expenditures in the private sector, are nowadays considered variables that have an impact on firms' growth in the medium term. This study aims at understanding the simultaneous influence of R&D investment and R&D tax incentives on firms' growth, for different technological and knowledge-intensity industries.

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Tiago Soares was born in 1986 in Águeda, Portugal. Graduated in Economics since 2009, Tiago concluded in 2014 his Master in Finance and Taxation in Faculty of Economics of Oporto University. Tiago already lived and worked in Oporto and Angola between 2009 and 2015. He currently lives in Lisbon and works as a Corporate Finance Manager in Deloitte.